Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Chapter 374 Welcome home
"Don't! I know, I know!" The sharp dagger scraped the speaker's skin. Although it didn't break the skin at all, the speaker had rehearsed the scene of himself falling in a pool of blood countless times in his mind. "I said it's not okay!"

"It's the Molten Iron Barrier! They have some ideas about the delusion, and they want to use Rose City to stage a big show, tricking Ron into submission!" The Speaker spoke very quickly, without the usual slow-paced aura of a superior. "They have all lurked in Rose City, so how can I not agree? This is beyond my control!"

"So, you just kept this to yourself, and we don't even have the right to know about it?!" The congressmen immediately became agitated, and a hot-tempered one immediately slammed the table and angrily accused the speaker of being inhuman, "This is really a big drama, it has caused a lot of trouble in the city!"

"I demand compensation from the parliament for my losses!"

"I advise everyone to calm down," Seymour snorted as everyone denounced the Speaker. "I'm not a very courageous person, and my hands shake easily."

"If you keep banging your head on the table and yelling..."

"I dare not, I dare not." The words of the drow elf made the councilor, who had a bad temper just now, immediately become kind. He sat down hurriedly and did not dare to speak again.

"I didn't know it would cause such a big commotion, ah," the Speaker said with a bitter face, "They just said they wanted to invite Daniel and his wife to come over, but they didn't say it would cause such a big commotion."

"And they didn't authorize me to inform you of the situation this time, but they did give me a large sum of compensation. I was planning to..."

Old Faber interrupted him again: "That's not right. If that's the case, why wasn't Mr. Hendricks present?"

"Well, it is said that they originally wanted him to cooperate, but for some reason they fell out," the Speaker thought for a moment, "Faber, it is useless to ask me again. Compared with you, I only have the right to know, and I have no right to interfere at all..."

"I believe this," Old Faber nodded, motioning Seymour to let the Speaker go. "You don't have the guts, and neither do any of us here. Otherwise, there wouldn't be Rose City and the City-State Alliance."

The congressmen all agreed. This matter was not a shame for them. What was wrong with being a day laborer? It was just that they misjudged the situation this time, and the situation was a little out of their control.

Who would have thought that a guy who had only been living in a bad land for less than a year could actually create such a scene in the confrontation with the Molten Iron Barrier? This was much more powerful than their counterattack against Carolina at that time!
"Old Faber, what you did this time, could it be that Ron's doing?" Seeing that Faber and his son seemed to just want them to stay away from outside affairs, a familiar congressman plucked up the courage to ask.

His question was answered in the affirmative. "So, is it possible that this young man wants to take this opportunity to -"

The man made a gesture of wiping his neck. No matter from which angle you look at it, Rose City is much better than what you imagined. If he really has such strength, it is hard to guarantee that he will not have ideas about Rose City.

"Don't worry, wasn't your nephew sent to the Land of Delusion for training?" Old Faber glanced at him. "Didn't he say that in the letter? This Ron is not that kind of person. This time he just wanted to fight back against the Molten Iron Barrier - just like he did against Carolina last time."

"Fight back, huh..." The congressman muttered a few words and said no more.

Whose counterattack almost flattened the city-state! So many goblins!

"But speaking of which, why did Ron make such a big fuss?" The "hot-tempered" congressman asked again, "If Congressman Daniel was kidnapped, why didn't he ask us to be the middleman? As long as the price is agreed, I don't think there is any need to make such a fuss, right?"

"That's because you don't know who Councillor Daniel is!" Old Faber sneered, "Do you know his daughter? She was very close to Lord Ron when she came last time! Her parents have been kidnapped. Tell me, is there anything Ron is not anxious about?"

"That's hard to say. I'm not in a hurry if my father-in-law and mother-in-law are kidnapped—" Seymour looked coldly at the circle of frivolous people around the table and couldn't help but sneered. Ivy? Can that half-elf compare with Sylvia? He firmly supports Sylvia!
The situation in the parliament was getting a little weird, so let's not talk about it anymore. Let's just talk about Ron. As the surroundings became chaotic, Ron, who was sure that no one would cause trouble in the short term, sent a signal. Constance, who had been lying in ambush at the edge of her manor for a long time, immediately opened the gate of the manor. Ron followed her and rushed in, heading straight for the big and beautiful house.

The door was not locked, and Constance easily turned the doorknob with the swift sword in her hand. The two of them went in one after the other, while the rest of the team scattered around the manor to prevent any possible escapees.

"No one?" Constance frowned and looked around the house she hadn't been home to for several months. But now her confusion was turning into longing. "Mr. Ron, my father doesn't seem to be here."

"Is it really a trap without bait?" Ron blinked, but immediately had an idea, "Let's go upstairs!"

"Take the stairs that Mr. Hendrix won't let anyone else take!"

"Okay!" Constance, who had the same question as her cousin, "Where's Dad?", didn't care about Hendrix's instructions at the moment, and hurriedly took Ron through the corridor and went straight upstairs.

The furnishings in the room were basically the same as what Driver saw at that time, with no changes: there was a book welded to the shelf, probably some kind of mechanism.

Ron summoned the Mage's Hand, and he told Constance to stay away and be careful of possible traps around. But before the Mage's Hand could activate the mechanism, a figure appeared behind the two of them.

The familiar smell awakened Ron and Constance's senses. They turned around quickly, only to see a humanoid creature half the height of an ordinary person standing at the door with his hands behind his back.

"Butler Strider?" Constance was stunned for a moment, then she was surprised and happy, "Sir, where is my father? We have encountered some problems, which may be related to him!"

This halfling looked about 70% similar to Butler Strider, but his temperament was completely different. Even if he was wearing the same clothes as Ron had worn the last time he met Butler Strider, there was no way he would mistake him.

But how could Constance not recognize him?

"The master had to go out for something urgent," Strider put his hands behind his back, carefully hiding the flame-shaped dagger tempered with poison, and just saluted Constance slightly, "Please come out of the study first, how about we wait for the master downstairs?"

"Of course!" Constance took two quick steps forward. She put away her swift sword and swung her hand back several times. Ron didn't understand what she meant, but he probably guessed that she was telling him to be patient. "Sir, please take us down."

"Please go first." The halfling leaned against the door frame, showing no intention of leaving. Seeing this, Constance had no choice but to step out of the study first.

She seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly turned around: "Mr. Strider, did you forget to say that?"

"Which one?" Strider blinked, then lowered his head in sudden realization, "Of course."

"Welcome home, miss."

(End of this chapter)